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cause th e ir death, they comm itted m u r der. 7th. He took th a t which belonged to God. God planted the tree of know ledge and the fru it belonged to Him, and He gave Adam definite o rders not to eat of it, Adam stole. 8th. He bore false w itness against his neighbor when he tried to blame his sin on to another. 9th. He comm itted adu ltery when he left the God of his first love and went over to the false god 'of th is world. 10th. He coveted th a t which be longed to another. And as God has said he th a t breaks the law in one point is guilty of all, so we can take any one of these com mandments, and show th a t by the breaking of one, a man is guilty of all. —-A. E. Fish. GOD’S ABUNDANCE 1— 2 Cor. 4:15—Abundant Grace. 2— 1 Pet. 1:3—Abundant Mercy. 3— Jno. 10:10— A bundant Life. 4— Tit. 3:5-6—Abundant Spirit. 5— Eph. 3:20— A bundant Supply. 6— 2 Cor. 1:12—A bundant Ministry. 7— Heb. 6:17—-Abundant Confirma tion. 8— Phil. l:2fe— A bundant Rejoicing. —W. H. P. FOUR CLASSES OF BELIEVERS F o u r Seeking Disciples (and th e “ ifs” of th e Lord Jesus) Jno. 13:36— 16:16. 1. PETER . John 13:36— 14:4. The mail who denied his Lord. 2. THOMAS. John 14:5-7, The man who doubted his Lord. 3. PH IL IP . John 14:8-21. The man who worked for his Lord. 4. JUDAS. John 14 :22 ^ -16 :16 . Not Iscariot; bu t th e man who was a disciple, and th a t was all,— so far as th e record shows.
F o u r Varieties of Christians (and the “ ifs” of th e Holy Spirit) 2 Tim. 2:11-18 T. “ If we deny.’’ 2 Tim. 2:12. This is th e PETER Christian, who , denies his Lord. 2. “ If we believe no t.” 2 Tim. 2:13. This is th e THOMAS Christian who doubts his faith fu l Lord. 3. “ If we suffer.” 2 Tim. 2:12. This is the PH IL IP Christian, who works for his Lord. 4. “ If we be dead w ith H im .” 2 Tim. 2 : 11 . This is th e JUDAS Christian who is dead w ith Christ,—¡-but needs to go fu rth er. Every Believer is in one of these classes.— J. C. Stillion. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST Through H is “ precious? Blood” we have—- 1. Redemption (1 P eter 1:18, 19; Rev. 5 :9 ; Acts 2 0 :2 8 ). 2. P rop itiation (Rom. 3 :25 ; 1 John 2 : 2 ). 3. Justification (Rom. 5 :9 ). 4. Forgiveness (Eph. 1 :7 ). 5. Peace (Col. 1 :2 0 ). 6. Cleansing from Sin (Rev. 1 :5 ; 1 John 1 :7 ). 7. Nearness to God (Eph. 2 :1 3 ). 8. Sanctification (Heb. 1 3 :1 2 ). \ 9. E te rn a l Life (John 6 :53 ,54 ). 10. F in al V ictory oyer Satan (Rev. 12:11) .— Selected. IS THIS YOU? A good many professing Christians know about as much about th e Bible as th is negro. One said to a friend: “ I ’se gwine te r g it me a eucaliptis.” “A w h at?” queried th e other. “A eucaliptis— d a t’s a musical in stru ment. “Go on,” said he, “You can’t kid me — d a t’s one of de books ob de Bible.”
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